After slapping his father, Mei Fang became much more sober. At the urging of his father Mei Lijun, he took out the hidden lottery ticket from his picture book. Mei Lijun carefully checked the betting information on the lottery ticket.
"Samba, Debang, Tuji, Bangzi, I actually guessed the ranking for you... You are really the lucky star of our family, it's not an exaggeration to call you dad today!" Mei Lijun did not blame his filial son after being slapped. He then hugged him and kissed him madly, but Mei Fang, who was disgusted, pushed him away.
"Dad, calm down. I can't bear it if you make me look like Fan Jinzhong."
"Fan Jin passed the imperial examination? Did you learn this lesson in kindergarten?"
Upon hearing this, Mei Fang immediately imitated Ke Bei and acted stupid and coquettishly.
"That's it... that's it. Our teacher told us an ancient story that taught us not to panic when encountering things, but to stay calm and avoid excessive joy that leads to sorrow."
"My dear son, give your lottery ticket to Dad for safekeeping. Dad will help you claim the prize tomorrow."
Mei Lijun, overjoyed, didn't pay attention to his son's sudden series of idioms. He rubbed his hands and wanted to take the lottery ticket from Mei Fang, but Mei Fang held the lottery ticket in his hand and didn't let go.
"I will definitely give it to Dad, but Dad, you have to agree to a few conditions of mine first."
"Well, go ahead and tell me! Buying things, right? What toys do you want to buy? Where do you want to go to play? I'll take you to buy them and play tomorrow!"
"That's not it."
Mei Fang said seriously, "I want you to promise me that you must not tell anyone else about your winning the prize. If relatives and friends find out, they will most likely come to us to borrow money."
"How could a little kid like you think so far? But it's true... Many people on TV have lost their families after winning the lottery. Don't worry, this kind of guessing prize is not much money according to convention, I won't tell anyone outside."
"Second, what I want you to buy me... is a home computer."
"Computer? You are so young, what do you need a home computer for?" Mei Lijun was puzzled.
"Teacher Li said that the 21st century is the century of computers. I am very interested in computers and I absolutely cannot lose at the starting line." Mei Fang said seriously.
"Hahaha, okay, okay, I'll take you to buy a computer tomorrow."
Mei Lijun didn't think much about it. He guessed that the child probably saw a kid at home who had a computer to play games, so he followed suit and wanted to buy one. "Good boy, give the lottery ticket to daddy first."
"Buy the computer first, and then I'll give you the lottery ticket."
"You kid! How come you don't have any trust in your own father?"
"Don't you still have to convince your mother?"
When Xiang Xiaoxia learned that her son's lottery ticket had won the jackpot, her first reaction was to beat his father for corrupting her son. But even though she beat him, she was also very happy about the unexpected windfall.
When she heard that her son wanted to buy a computer for studying, she, who had always been stingy, agreed on the spot without caring whether her son was talking nonsense or not.
After booking a computer at the computer mall, the family of three went to the lottery shop together to confirm the exciting first prize for the top four in this period.
The prize for a single bet is a little over 140,000 yuan, and after deducting taxes, it is estimated that you can get a little over 500,000 yuan.
Even in 2002, hundreds of thousands of dollars still cannot help Mei Fang and his family to improve their social class, and it is just a small test for Mei Fang.
He had no idea how much this money would change his life this time.
Now Mei Fang has no way to directly persuade his parents to use the money to buy a house in Pengcheng, thousands of miles away, but they may consider a house in Jiangcheng. He will find an appropriate time to mention it to his family.
Prizes exceeding 10,000 yuan need to be redeemed at a provincial prize redemption center. After the family confirmed the winning amount at the lottery shop, they walked home slowly together.
After closing the door, Mei Fang's parents began to yell hysterically, hugged Mei Fang and kissed her again and again, until Mei Fang became like a harlequin cat.
In fact, Mei Fang could not save tens of thousands of yuan a year in 2022. Logically, he should be very excited after winning the prize, but the madness shown by his parents after winning the prize forced him to stay calm.
"Can you guys calm down? I'm really going to get scared."
Mei Fang pretended to be horrified and said, "I feel that more than 500,000 is not a lot. Xia Yuan said that her small villa cost one million. You must listen to me and don't tell anyone at home. I saw on TV that..."
"I know, I know... We are adults, how can we be so immature as to show off like this?"
Xiang Xiaoxia pinched her son's cheek and said, "Speaking of which, since we are all going to Jiangcheng to redeem the prize, how about spending a few days in Jiangcheng after Mei Fang graduates?"
"Good idea. We haven't been to Jiangcheng for a long time... The last time we went to Jiangcheng was when we were dating..."
"I never thought that so many years have passed in a flash...Xiaoxia, you have worked hard all these years."
Mei Fang felt very awkward seeing her parents' loving appearance, so she suggested trying out the computer that had been installed at home.
In Baimei County in 2002, home computers were still a rare item. Even a wealthy family like Xia Yuan had never thought of equipping themselves with computers. It can be said that Mei Fang was already far ahead of the times.
This home computer has a 17-inch big head, an antique roller ball mouse, 256M memory, a 40G hard drive, a GF400MX graphics card, and only 64M video memory.
A configuration like this was considered relatively high-end in 2002, and Meilijun spent 4,000 yuan to get it.
Mei Fang specifically reminded the store owner to configure the latest XP system instead of 98, as he had no idea about the 98 system.
So, Mei Fang had his own purpose for giving up saving money and choosing computers - this has to do with Mei Fang's position in his previous life.
In his previous life, he was the executive planner of a gaming company.
The three most basic types of R&D personnel in the gaming industry are programmers, planners, and artists. Among them, planners are the people who are criticized the most by players, and the chief planner is generally close to the project producer.
But although Mei Fang was the main planner, he was also given the title of executor. In essence, he was just a super tool planner in the project team.
I have to do almost all the troublesome work myself, including configuring tables, pulling values, proposing aesthetic requirements, and making interfaces.
But in fact, he has no decision-making power over the gameplay design, because the producer is his boss, and he plans whatever the boss says. For this reason, he has to do some boring krypton gold gameplay that he doesn't want to do.
This situation became even more severe during the Internet winter in 2022. The project team laid off a lot of people, and the planners' complicated work was concentrated on him alone.
In order to complete all the work within the specified schedule, he worked overtime day and night, and finally welcomed the blessing of rebirth.
But Mei Fang has always loved the gaming industry.
I didn’t have the chance to make the game I liked in my previous life, but in this life I don’t have to work like a slave for my boss, and I can make the game I want as I please.
So, one of the biggest differences between other reborn people is—
In fact, Mei Fang doesn’t really care whether he can eventually create a hit game and make a fortune from the gaming business.
After all, he was reborn early, so he had too many opportunities to take advantage of.
He can easily get on the Bitcoin train. There are still several rounds of the World Cup. Although he can't remember the rankings, he still knows who the champion is. In addition, Maotai and Ningde Suiyue's stocks are also waiting to be invested.
All in all, the sooner one gets a home computer, the better. With the Internet as a cover, it will be more convenient for him to do some things.
After all, in such real life, how persuasive can a five-year-old child be
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